#ang

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#dictate #either #extent #increasing #languages

The surrealists, and the modern movement in painting as a whole, seemed to offer a key to the strange postwar world with its threat of nuclear war. The dislocations and ambiguities, in cubism and abstract art as well as the surrealists, reminded me of my childhood in Shanghai. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#abstract art #ambiguities #art #childhood #cubism

The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#imagery #beauty

I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#every #had #i #place #sang

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages! ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#come #each #even #languages #other

I love each and every one of you but, like my own family, you thrill, you frustrate, you anger. ↗

— John Buchanan

#each #every #family #frustrate #i

'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#hasn #life #my life #star #star wars

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#any #anyway #band #before #dealing

We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet. ↗

— Steve Burton

#changes #diet #fda #first #help

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#commerce #fate #genius #nations